We used Debian at 2.4.21 in the test cases. As long as it's a reasonably modern kernel, it should work.
And, yes, this is an ideal use for hipersockets. You want a fast low-latency pipe for the Amanda server to z/OS piece -- NFS isn't very bright about retrying timeouts. The Amanda server to Amanda client connection is less picky. -- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > James Melin > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 9:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Hipersockets - What Kernal level is required to support/use? > > > Who has experience with setting up Linux to use hipersockets for data > transfer to z/OS? I am looking at the disk-tape ackup > solution that David > Boyes came up with, and I believe that hipersockets would be > the best route > to go. Just not sure if we can go there. >